Over at SF Gospel's spouse blog God Spam, Gwynne rounds up the religion references in the season finale of Lost. Some interesting stuff—I'm particulary intrigued by the theory that the mysterious nameless fellow talking to Jacob in the first scene might be named Esau. But I'm skeptical that the statue is Anubis—that head looked much more reptilian to me, so I'm leaning toward crocodile-god (and lord of the seas!) Sobek.
Of course, the real meat of the episode was about free will and destiny—as in the instance of Jack's (unlikely?) transformation into a man on a totally-nuts mission. (Wasn't that Locke's job?) But, to put it bluntly, I've mostly given up trying to analyze Lost's themes until the show wraps up next year. Until we know what the destiny they're all working toward is, any statement is kinda moot. (Plus I can hardly ever remember what's going on from week to week, but that's another matter.)
I just added this to my post; Jezebel is making a very intriguing case for Sobek: http://jezebel.com/5256090/lost-finale-recap-jacobs-red-herring.
Posted by: Gwynne | May 16, 2009 at 10:24 AM